The Taming Of Fate

Author : S. Macamo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782869787407

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The Taming of Fate by S. Macamo Pdf

This book is about how extreme situations appearing to have a destructive potential can actually be used to produce meaningful individual and social lives. It is about the taming of fate. This notion means and accounts for the ability of individuals and communities to rebuild their lives against all odds. The book is based on case-studies that draw from theoretical insights derived from the sociology of disasters. It addresses some limitations of the sociology of risk, chief among which is the rejection of the relevance of the notion of risk to the study of technologically non-advanced societies. The book argues that this rejection has deprived the study of the human condition of an important analytical asset. The book claims that risk is a property of social action which can best be understood through the analytical scrutiny of its role in the historical constitution of social relations.

Author : Amalia Dillin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692232753

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Taming Fate by Amalia Dillin Pdf

For the first time in her many lives, Eve would rather be anywhere but home.In 15th Century France, Eve would have burned as a witch if it hadn't been for the too-timely arrival of the Marquis DeLeon to save her skin. But Eve didn't ask to be rescued, and their hasty marriage is off to anything but a smooth start. As tensions in the town grow and plague threatens, Ryam DeLeon knows if he and Eve cannot find common ground, their first Christmas may be their last.

Author : Susan Berfield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781635572476

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The Hour of Fate by Susan Berfield Pdf

A riveting narrative of Wall Street buccaneering, political intrigue, and two of American history's most colossal characters, struggling for mastery in an era of social upheaval and rampant inequality. It seemed like no force in the world could slow J. P. Morgan's drive to power. In the summer of 1901, the financier was assembling his next mega-deal: Northern Securities, an enterprise that would affirm his dominance in America's most important industry-the railroads. Then, a bullet from an anarchist's gun put an end to the business-friendly presidency of William McKinley. A new chief executive bounded into office: Theodore Roosevelt. He was convinced that as big business got bigger, the government had to check the influence of the wealthiest or the country would inch ever closer to collapse. By March 1902, battle lines were drawn: the government sued Northern Securities for antitrust violations. But as the case ramped up, the coal miners' union went on strike and the anthracite pits that fueled Morgan's trains and heated the homes of Roosevelt's citizens went silent. With millions of dollars on the line, winter bearing down, and revolution in the air, it was a crisis that neither man alone could solve. Richly detailed and propulsively told, The Hour of Fate is the gripping story of a banker and a president thrown together in the crucible of national emergency even as they fought in court. The outcome of the strike and the case would change the course of our history. Today, as the country again asks whether saving democracy means taming capital, the lessons of Roosevelt and Morgan's time are more urgent than ever. Winner of the 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Association Book Prize Finalist for the Presidential Leadership Book Award

Author : Dana E. Aspinall
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0815335156

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The Taming of the Shrew by Dana E. Aspinall Pdf

The Taming of the Shrew, Critical Essays provides comprehensive and up-to-date critical readings of the play. The editor has selected essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play.

Author : Andrew Herman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000314854

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The better Angels Of Capitalism by Andrew Herman Pdf

This book explores, through an ethnographic examination of life stories of wealthy men, a historical analysis of the moral meanings of wealth and power in Western capitalism, and a mapping of different symbolic spaces in contemporary American culture.

Author : Amalia Dillin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973858800

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Facets of Fate by Amalia Dillin Pdf

A complete collection of Fate of the Gods novellas and stories, together for the first time in one volume, featuring an all new novella, Finding Fate, the newly revised and republished short story, Bride Price, and a never before seen bonus scene set during the events of Forged by Fate. Tempting Fate (Book 1.5) Mia's lived in her sister's shadow long enough. (First time in paperback!) Bride Price (Book 1.75) Mia may have chosen Adam, but that doesn't mean Jean is through with him yet. (Newly revised, first time in paperback!) Taming Fate (Book 2.5) As tensions in the town grow and plague threatens, Ryam DeLeon knows if he and Eve cannot find common ground, their first Christmas may be their last. Finding Fate (Book 3.5) An All New Epilogue to Beyond Fate: Now that Marcus knows the truth about Eve, what is he going to make of it?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834843745

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The Taming of the Demons by Anonim Pdf

A newly translated volume of the centuries-old spiritual epic of King Gesar. For centuries, the epic tale of Gesar of Ling has been told across Asia. This epic is a living oral tradition, performed widely by singers and bards and beloved especially in Tibet. Considered the longest single piece of literature in the world canon, the epic of Gesar chronicles the legend of King Gesar of Ling, a heroic figure known for his fearless leadership. The epic encompasses some 120 volumes and nearly 20 million words, and there are numerous versions across cultures. This book is the first English translation of the fourth volume of this sweeping literary work, with stories from after Gesar's coronation to the throne of Ling. This volume focuses on battles won and strategies applied, as the warrior-king Gesar fended off demons and liberated his foes. Though largely a violent account focused on his superhuman prowess in battle, this volume is rich with ethical proverbs that inform Tibetan culture to this day. A significant work of legend, the epic of Gesar is also a vital part of Tibetan Buddhism, as Gesar is said to have been chosen by celestial beings to restore order and destroy anti-Buddhist forces. The epic of Gesar is the cultural touchstone of Tibet, analogous to the Iliad or the Odyssey. While Book One covers Gesar's birth, youth, and rise to power, this volume recounts the martial victories and magical feats that made him a legendary figure to so many.

Author : John Milton Scanland
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : EAN:4064066500030

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The Life of Pat F. Garrett and the Taming of the Border Outlaw by John Milton Scanland Pdf

"Life of Pat F. Garrett and the Taming of the Border Outlaw" is the firs hand account of Pat Garrett's life. Written in 1908, the year Garett was murdered, this book is an excellent source of information about one of Wild West's greatest sheriffs.

Author : Phyllis Cole
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 019515200X

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Mary Moody Emerson and the Origins of Transcendentalism by Phyllis Cole Pdf

Mary Moody Emerson has long been a New England legend, the "eccentric Calvinist aunt" of Ralph Waldo Emerson, wearing a death-shroud as her daily garment. This exciting new study, based on the first reading of all her known letters and diaries, reveals a complex human voice and powerful forerunner of American Transcendentalism. From the years of her famous nephew's infancy, in both private and published writings, she celebrated independence, solitude in nature, and inward communion with God. Mary Moody Emerson inherited both resources and constraints from her family, a lineage of Massachusetts ministers who had earlier practiced spiritual awakening and political resistance against England. Cole discovers a previously unexamined Emerson tradition of fervent piety in the ancestors' own writing and Mary's preservation of their memory. She also examines the position of a woman in this patriarchal family. Barred from the pulpit and university by her sex, she also refused marriage to become a reader, writer, and religious seeker. Cole's biography explores this reading and writing as both a woman's vocation and a gift to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Helping to raise her nephews after their father's death, Mary Moody Emerson urged Waldo the college student to seek solitude in nature and become a divine poet. Cole's pioneering study, tracing crucial lines of influence from Mary Emerson's heretofore unknown texts to her nephew's major works, establishes a fresh and vital source for a central American literary tradition.

Author : Eiko Ikegami
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674254664

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The Taming of the Samurai by Eiko Ikegami Pdf

Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic accessible to us through a sweeping investigation into the roots of Japanese organizational structures. She accomplishes this by focusing on the diverse roles that the samurai have played in Japanese history. From their rise in ancient Japan, through their dominance as warrior lords in the medieval period, and their subsequent transformation to quasi-bureaucrats at the beginning of the Tokugawa era, the samurai held center stage in Japan until their abolishment after the opening up of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. This book demonstrates how Japan’s so-called harmonious collective culture is paradoxically connected with a history of conflict. Ikegami contends that contemporary Japanese culture is based upon two remarkably complementary ingredients, honorable competition and honorable collaboration. The historical roots of this situation can be found in the process of state formation, along very different lines from that seen in Europe at around the same time. The solution that emerged out of the turbulent beginnings of the Tokugawa state was a transformation of the samurai into a hereditary class of vassal-bureaucrats, a solution that would have many unexpected ramifications for subsequent centuries. Ikegami’s approach, while sociological, draws on anthropological and historical methods to provide an answer to the question of how the Japanese managed to achieve modernity without traveling the route taken by Western countries. The result is a work of enormous depth and sensitivity that will facilitate a better understanding of, and appreciation for, Japanese society.

Author : Raphael
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Fortune-telling
ISBN : HARVARD:HXQLC3

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The Book of Fate by Raphael Pdf

Author : Ian Hacking
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521388848

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The Taming of Chance by Ian Hacking Pdf

This book combines detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780698410824

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The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Pdf

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition This edition of The Taming of the Shrew is edited with an introduction and notes by series editor Stephen Orgel and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. Cover artist Manuja Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Mary Cowden Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN6KLA

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The Complete Concordance to SHakspere by Mary Cowden Clarke Pdf

Author : Callum Roberts
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781101583562

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The Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts Pdf

A Silent Spring for oceans, written by "the Rachel Carson of the fish world" (The New York Times) Who can forget the sense of wonder with which they discovered the creatures of the deep? In this vibrant hymn to the sea, Callum Roberts—one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists—leads readers on a fascinating tour of mankind’s relationship to the sea, from the earliest traces of water on earth to the oceans as we know them today. In the process, Roberts looks at how the taming of the oceans has shaped human civilization and affected marine life. We have always been fish eaters, from the dawn of civilization, but in the last twenty years we have transformed the oceans beyond recognition. Putting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time. Like Four Fish and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Ocean of Life takes a long view to tell a story in which each one of us has a role to play.